Egernia stokesii
Silhouette: Kailah Thorn & Ben King · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Egernia stokesii is a gregarious species of lizard of the Scincidae family. This diurnal species is endemic to Australia, and is also known as the Gidgee skink, spiny-tailed skink, Stokes's skink and Stokes's egernia. The species forms stable, long-term social aggregations, much like the social groups seen in mammalian and avian species. This characteristic is rarely found in the Squamata order, but is widespread within the Australian subfamily of Egerniinae skinks. Populations of E. stokesii are widely distributed, but fragmented, and occur in semi-arid environments. There are three recognised subspecies. The conservation status for the species is listed as least concern, however, one subspecies is listed as endangered.
Egernia stokesii range in colour from olive to reddish brown, with lighter ventral scales that range from white to yellow. The species often displays scatterings of lighter coloured dorsal scales. The dorsal scales are keeled from the back of the neck to the tail and spiny tail scales are a prominent feature of the species. The tail is flattened rather than cylindrical, and shorter than the head and body of the animal, at approximately... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoo Pilsen | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 2 | Alice Springs Desert Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Phoenix Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Taronga Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Wilhelma | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Allwetterzoo Münster | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Münster Zoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | San Antonio Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Schönbrunn Zoo | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 11 | London Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 12 | Sydney Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Gidgee Skink sighting in Flinders Ranges National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 19 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, April and December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Gidgee Skink in Flinders Ranges National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–August and November, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gidgee Skink sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Flinders Ranges National Park, in our data
Flinders Ranges National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gidgee Skink sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gidgee Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Flinders Ranges National Park (10 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
